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Table 6.

Effect of Zea mays, Stigma maydis ethyl acetate fraction on specific activities of enzymic antioxidant system of acetaminophen-treated rats (n = 5, mean ± SEM).

Treatments	Antioxidant enzymes (nmol min⁻¹ mgprotein⁻¹)
Treatments	SOD	Catalase	Glutathione Rx	Glutathione Px
Sterile placebo (control)	43.12 ± 0.15^a	33.99 ± 0.11^a	56.11 ± 0.45^a	123.15 ± 1.10^a
APAP treatment	10.11 ± 0.10^b	13.29 ± 0.12^b	18.11 ± 0.23^b	43.66 ± 1.15^b
200 mg/kg b.w. CSEAF	59.21 ± 0.03^c	45.35 ± 0.11^c	55.19 ± 0.20^a	144.11 ± 1.10^c
100 mg/kg b.w. CSEAF, then APAP	32.12 ± 0.11^d	22.76 ± 0.15^d	30.21 ± 0.25^c	102.31 ± 1.10^d
200 mg/kg b.w. CSEAF, then APAP	41.24 ± 0.12^a	32.99 ± 0.19^a	53.99 ± 0.23^a	125.03 ± 1.11^a
200 mg/kg b.w. vitamin C, then APAP	42.07 ± 0.21^a	33.09 ± 0.11^a	56.04 ± 0.35^a	100.19 ± 1.09^d
APAP, then 100 mg/kg b.w. CSEAF	32.11 ± 0.12^d	22.18 ± 0.13^d	31.14 ± 0.31^c	98.22 ± 1.15^d
APAP, then 200 mg/kg b.w. CSEAF	31.99 ± 0.15^d	31.00 ± 0.13^a	55.09 ± 0.26^a	120.11 ± 1.10^a
APAP, then 200 mg/kg b.w. vitamin C	30.98 ± 0.20^d	30.01 ± 0.12^a	33.04 ± 0.35^c	96.12 ± 1.12^d

^abcdValues with different superscripts for each parameter are significantly different (p < 0.05). APAP: acetaminophen, CSEAF: corn silk ethyl acetate fraction, SOD: superoxide dismutase, Rx: reductase, and Px: peroxidase.